A Social-Democratic Sweetheart

Written:Written in October 1905Published:First published in 1926 inLenin Miscellany V.

      Published according to the manuscript.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,1972,

      Moscow,Volume 9,

      page416.Translated:The Late Abraham Fineberg and Julius KatzerTranscription\Markup:R. CymbalaPublic Domain:Lenin Internet Archive

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Toacclamation fromOsvobozhdeniye, Comrade Starover
continues to repent in the newIskrafor the sins he committed
(unwisely) by participating in the oldIskra. Comrade Starover very
much resembles the heroine of a story by Chekhov entitled
“Sweetheart”. At first Sweetheart lived with an impresario and used
to say: “Vanichka and I are staging serious plays.” Later she lived with a
timber merchant and would say: “Vasichka and I are indignant at the high
duties on timber.” Finally, she lived with a veterinary surgeon and used to say:
“Kolechka and I doctor horses.”—It is the same with Comrade
Starover. “Lenin and I” abused Martynov. “Martynov and
I” are abusing Lenin. Charming Social-Democratic Sweetheart! In whose
embrace will you find yourself tomorrow?